Mayhem Festival 2009 Explained

Mayhem Festival 2009 was the second annual North American Mayhem Festival founded by Kevin Lyman. In July 2009 a DLC song pack was sold in the music video game Rock Band 2.

Rockstar Mayhem Festival 2009 line up

Band lineup as released by the press release from the Mayhem Festival website and bands page of the Mayhem Festival website.^{[1] [2]}

Main Stage

• Marilyn Manson
• Slayer
• Killswitch Engage^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Bullet for My Valentine^[5]
• Mushroomhead (replace Bullet for My Valentine on 7/31 - 8/02) ^[6]

Jägermeister Stage

• Trivium
• All That Remains
• God Forbid
• Jägermeister Battle of the Bands winner (one per location):^{[1] [7]}

Hot Topic Stage

• • Cannibal Corpse Behemoth
  • Job for a Cowboy The Black Dahlia Murder
• Whitechapel

Tour dates

Mayhem Festival 2009 tour dates as seen on official website.^[7] Some dates that were originally seen on the press release have been removed with no explanation given.^[1]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Jägermeister opening band
July 10, 2009	Marysville	United States	Sleep Train Amphitheatre	Skinlab
July 11, 2009	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre	Corrupt Absolute
July 12, 2009	San Bernardino		San Manuel Amphitheater	Madlife
July 14, 2009	Auburn		White River Amphitheatre	Northwest Royale
July 17, 2009	Phoenix		Cricket Wireless Pavilion	Hemlock
July 18, 2009	Albuquerque		Journal Pavilion
July 19, 2009	Greenwood Village		Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre	Switchpin
July 21, 2009	Bonner Springs		Sandstone Amphitheater	Continent of Ash
July 22, 2009	Maryland Heights		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	Seasons After
July 24, 2009	Atlanta		Lakewood Amphitheatre	Swingshot
July 25, 2009	Noblesville		Verizon Wireless Music Center	Ascend Through the Depths
July 26, 2009	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre	Dirge Within
July 29, 2009	Scranton		Toyota Pavilion	Xfactor1
July 31, 2009	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center	Mobile Deathcamp, Once Pure
August 1, 2009	Burgettstown		Post-Gazette Pavilion	Lost Chapter
August 2, 2009	Clarkston		DTE Energy Music Theatre	Know Lyfe
August 4, 2009	Mansfield		Comcast Center for the Performing Arts	STEMM
August 6, 2009	Virginia Beach		Virginia Beach Amphitheater	Property
August 7, 2009	Camden		Susquehanna Bank Center	Beyond the Scar
August 8, 2009	Hartford		New England Dodge Music Center	Soul Made Visible
August 9, 2009	Bristow		Nissan Pavilion	Saint Diablo
August 11, 2009	Tampa		Ford Amphitheatre	Must Not Kill
August 12, 2009	West Palm Beach		Cruzan Amphitheatre	Gollum
August 14, 2009	San Antonio		AT&T Center	Negative 263
August 15, 2009	Dallas		SuperPages.com Center	Adakain
August 16, 2009	Oklahoma City		Zoo Amphitheater

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mayhem Festival Press Release . 2009-01-28 . Mayhemfest.com . 2009-01-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090206032716/http://mayhemfest.com/2009-press-release.pdf . February 6, 2009 .
2. Web site: Rockstar Mayhem Festival Bands . 2009-04-07 . mayhemfest.com . 2009-04-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090204084223/http://mayhemfest.com/bands.html . February 4, 2009 .
3. Web site: Killswitch Engage added to Rockstar Mayhem Festival . 2009-01-28 . thegauntlet.com . 2009-01-28.
4. Web site: KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Added To ROCKSTAR ENERGY MAYHEM FESTIVAL . 2009-02-18 . blabbermouth.net . 2009-02-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090221131902/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=114626 . 2009-02-21 .
5. http://www.mayhemfest.com/tourdates.php "Mayhem Festival Tour Dates and Tickets"
6. Web site: Mushroomhead's Concert & Tour History | Concert Archives.
7. Web site: Rockstar Mayhem Festival Official Site . 2009-03-23 . mayhemfest.com . 2009-03-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090330072618/http://www.mayhemfest.com/ . 2009-03-30 .